the Apida; in the British Museum. 461 



Nomia scutellata, Smith. 



Nomia scutellata, Smith, Traas. Eut. Soc. Load. 1875, p, 45. 5 . Cal- 

 cutta. 



Nomia albqfimbriata, Cam. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) ix. p. 252 

 (1902). $. Bengal. 



? Nomia ustula, Ckll. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xxxvii. p. 231 (1911). 

 J . Kandy, Ceylon, 



N. ustula would almost certainly seem to be the male of 

 N. scutellata; N. ardjuna, Ckll., is very close to it [vide 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. p. 231, 1911). 



Nomia antennata, Smith (1875), var. sykesiana, Westw. 



In the Fauna of Brit. India, Hym. i. p. 454, Bingham 

 places JSomia sykesiana^ Westw., doubtfully as a synonym, 

 having only one poor specimen on which to rely tor iiis 

 decision. There are now further specimens of N. sykesiana 

 in the collection from Nasik and Mulvi in the Bombay 

 Presidency (Comber Coll.) detennined by Cockerell ; they 

 are fresh specimens and have tlie abdominal fasciae of pubes- 

 cence pale (not golden as in N. antennata^. I agree with 

 Bingham (loc. cit.) that there is no structural difference, but 

 JS . sykesiana may be considered a well-marked variety. 



Nomia hidiensis, Cam. 



Nomia bidiensis, Cam. Jouru. Straits Asiatic Soc. xliv. p. 16G (1905). 



$ . Borneo. 

 Nomia bicarinata, Q&xi\.?lsi^. §. Borneo. 



A specimen bearing the latter name is identical with 

 iV^. hidiensis, but no description seems to have been published. 



Nomip, {Hoplonoinia) elliotii, Smitii. 



Nomia elliotii, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875, p. 41. Madras. 

 Nomia carinata, Smith, /. c. p. 57. Ceylon. 



These are certainly the same species; Smith omits any 

 mention of the spinose postscutellum in his description of 

 N. carinata. 



Andrena eduardi^ nom. no v. 



Andrena nigra, E. Saunders (nee Prov.), Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1908, 

 p. 195. 



Provancher described an Andrena niyra from Los AngeJog 

 in 1895. 



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